Owen Roberts

Owen Roberts (1720-20 June 1779) was a colonel of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. Roberts was a veteran of the 1760 Cherokee War, and died at the Battle of Stono Ferry.

Biography
Owen Roberts was commissioned as a captain in the South Carolinian militia during the Seven Years' War, fighting the Cherokee Nations in 1760. In 1775 he was made a Major in a regiment of South Carolina troops of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, and in September 1776 he was made a full colonel.

During the Battle of Stono Ferry in 1779, Roberts was killed in battle. His death is depicted in Henry Benbridge's "The Death of Colonel Owen Roberts".